Sartaj Garewal

An established speaker, executive coach and facilitator, Sartaj has worked with over 140 prominent organisations over 25 years, from graduate level to C-suite, to enhance communication and leadership abilities of senior

leaders and emerging talent.

He previously worked for several years as a financial analyst for Baring Asset Management before deciding on a major career change to become a professional actor and voice artist where his credits include theatre at the highest level – National Theatre, Royal Court, Royal Exchange… and many TV & Film roles too. He practiced a traditional form of Kung Fu for

many years alongside yoga & meditation and also worked one to one with stroke recovery patients in London

hospitals to improve communication abilities.

As a freelancer he worked through notable consultancies Olivier Mythodrama, Performance of a Lifetime NY

and High Impact Europe, giving him broad exposure to global clients.

Clients he works with include PWC, Aztec Group, Medtronic, Baker Mckenzie, Afton Chemical, Net A Porter,

Bain Capital… and numerous others within private equity, financial services, law firms, professional services

and pharmaceutical sector.

He has been invited to speak at major off-sites and conferences such as CFA’s #Disruption 2019 at London Excel and prepared the C-suite of Pernod Ricard & Chivas Brothers for major conferences.

He is currently the executive coach for the CEO of a major French delivery/distribution network (150k

employees, 14bn Euro turnover) and for the CEO of a prominent and fast growing Private Equity fund

administrator (1800 employees, £2.2 bn turnover). He is also an affiliate coach for Russell Reynolds Associates,

a premier board advisory and CEO succession brand.

He holds a BA(Hons) Accounting & Finance from Bristol Business School UWE, is a qualified commercial

mediator CIArb, accredited ICF coach, Member of Institute of Directors, Fellow of Royal Society of Arts FRSA

and regularly contributes thought leadership articles for publications such as Training Journal.